Thursday, July 11th, 1912, THE CENTRE DEMOCR — WILSON IS FIGHT, en — New Jersey Governor Wins Big Victory. DEFEATS CHAMP CLARK: Nominated on Forty-sixth Bal- lot After Deadlock. PLATFORM IS PROGRESSIVE. Indiana Governor Placed Second on the Ticket. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President, WOODROW WILSON, For Vice President, THOMAS R. MARSHALL. RESULTS OF THE Ballot cere uORTIAL fe gowIwE] | Sey sIT RE F RE » ba] o » el o » » E- » » » % » 2NERBEL EE bb bb FF LL RR RRR wy Tr NNus N ! FTEFFFFFFETFG a EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE FE 2 EE ER LAER Et] (R-S-1 0-3 2 4° »0 1 3-3 Wilson's nomination made unanimous There were 1.088 delegutes present, mak- ing 36 the necessary two-thirds for choice Baltimore, July 3.—Politically speak- lng, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey put oue over. And he carried Governor Marshall Indiana with hiw. This is how he did it: First it was getting too hot as president of Prince ton in many ways. Every alumnus knows that. Politics opened her arms to him. Mr. Wilson was not a prac- tical politician, but he plunged. New Jersey elected blm governor by a big plurality. He was a winning cam- paiguner. Those wise to “inside poll tics” sald he was belng trained for the Democratic presidential nomination. He was. But trouble arosd with his backers. Governor Wilson went right ahead. He made bis primary fight, and the most remarkable Democratic con. vention on record ratified him. He put one over on the conservatives, on the old guard Wilson raised the progressive stand. dard when he ran for goveryor in New Jersey, and he won. He did the iden tical same thing for the higher nom foation, and be won He had Bryan's help. Tammany was against him, But the defeat of Champ Clark, speaker of the house, was not attained without a deadlock struggle, which car ried the sessions of the convention into the second week. It required forty-six ballots to nominate. This beat the rec. ord for a continuous session The near est to It was the convention of 1868. which nominated Seymour on the twen tysecond ballot. The convention of 1800 took fifty-seven ballots at Charles ton without a choice, and the conven tion nominated Douglas Wter at Balt more. The present convention fifth of five great Democratic conven tion, Perhaps no convention the party has ever held was more reviled and con femned or more ridiculed for the lame of makes the 3Y LEAD Lue iS EE oid ALL © 1912, by American Press Association. FOR PRESIDENT, WOODROW WILSON. Woodrow Wilson was born In Staunton, Va, In 1886; practiced law at Atlanta} professor in Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan and Princeton colleges; president Princeton, 138 10; governor of New Jersey since 1911 aess of its conclusion than the Yirst in the series of five which, apparently | abandoning all the traditions of the | party. put Homee Creviey at the head {of the ticket in 1872 But the sequel | showed that it was for the party's res In spite of it itionna Tilden nvention in IS7T6 w moment a story maker working ivifieation the of less for the re-en t of Greeley The had nssert sequel AS party , *ANGIGacy meres inde started it- andidacy had n mem ile ory 1a th “b It ite dead pres It had into somethi } newer ‘n came to war od ort mn a shirt’ ha ifted the elector of ent the past living broug in wit} ON were ng Ke to Issues of the hour, and show them what they I Just the Ti gave the to the tradition that failure of | the support of his own state Is fatal to the hopes of a candidate, so Cleveland gained the nomination in 1884 against the opposition of his home delegation. ; The ground swell for him over the rest of the country made the antagonism of the New York of mo ment in the sequel. The Independent element that Greeley's nomination had detached from the Republican party had grown into an overwhelming army, In marked contrast with the conven tion which put Cleveland afield for the first time was that which, in the same city—in the same building Indeed placed the party's standard in the hands of William J. Bryan In 1808 This Inter gathering wns a mad riot of noise and The culmina. tion came had the aspect of prearrangement. when, from all sides of the hall shouts of “Bryan. Bryan!” began to fillsthe alr. To the conserva. tives In the throng it was a note of alarm ut the “cross of gold and the crown of thorns” won ns den convention He machine Hittle spectacle by what BALTIMORE GREAT CITY FOR THE DEMOCRATS. The following tions were held at First convention Andrew Jackson Convention of 18%; tin Van Buren Convention of 1840 tin Van Buren Convention of 184. nominees. James K. Polk Convention of 1M%, nominee. Lew. In Cass Convention Franklin Pleree Convention of 180, nomines, Ste. phen A. Douglas. ni=o bolting con vention ten daye Inter; nomines, John €. Breckinridge Convention of 1572 nee Greeley Henry Clay and Winfield Scott, Whigs, and Abraham Lincoln, Re publican ‘second time), were also inated ar 110} a previous conven Baltimore 1532. nominees, nominee, Mar. nominees, Mar. of 182, nominees nominees, Hor. nor “ire ' moral er | Lot | Campaigns of vilifleation, corruption and | false pretense have lost thelr usefulness | The evolution of national pnergy Is toward | & more Intelligent morality in politics and In all other relations DEMOCRATIC RECORDS ON BALLOTING BROKEN. we were so many bal » Non te in a Dem. tion. Bey on n th, ss on fourth, 18... Hierce on ninth, 1856—Buchanan on seventeenth. 1860-—Douglas un second, 1864" cClellan on first 1868—~Seymour on twenty -sec- ond 1872~Greeley on first, 1876—-Tilden on second. 1880-~Hancock by acclamation after second, 1884-—Cleveland on second. 1888-Cleveland by acclamation. 1892—Cleveland on first 1896—Bryan on fifth, 1900—~Bryan by acclamation. 1904-—Parker first by changes. ‘908-Bryan on first after JUDCE WESCOTT'S SPEECH. New Jersey Man Nominated Wilson, Pointing Out His Fine Qualities. Baltimore, July 3.<In nominating Woodrow Willson for the presidency Judge John F. Wescott of Camden, N J., said New Jere . . ind but fua mes to In glory of her to participate your de ng your jude iting your de i= not of to Democrac) tant and tr} not a charia irinaire. a pro not a splitter of legal hairs; onomist. not an egotistionl theorist; a Htician, who eon structs resiraines without dis. turbance and destruction; a resistiess de bater and master of state ment, not a mere phrasemaker. a human. tarian, not a defamer of characters and lives, a man whose mind Is at once cos mopolitan and composite of America; a gentleman of unpretentious habits, with the fear of God In his heart and the love of mankind exhibited In every act of his life. above all, a public servant who has been tried to the uttermost and never found wanting peerless matchless, un by the greatness this Orgy Ar Intelle of a single » great nvent emancipation in Hberations, ald ments and Crees The New empowered to exercise proprietorship but w reg the great and to offer an ita m umphant leader a scho tan. a statesman found lawyer AR political foarmuiat arsist Ir Xe Jersey delegation the attributes commissioned resent cause of you ar not a doe practical p modifies consummate | ronguerable Woodrow Wilson Dreams Crashing In Ruins. New Jersey han reasons for her course us not be deceived In our premises The line of cleavage Is between those who trent politics as a game and those who regard It an the ser ous business of government The realign. ment of political parties will be on this | principle. The situstion admits of no com. promise. The temper and purpose of the American public will tolerate no other view. The Indifference of the American [ [ AT, ® ELLEFONTE, PA. a —————— CONVENTION FACTS IN A NUTSHELL. TUESDAY. Alton BB Parker of York elected temporary chalr- Ver William Jennings Bryan of 579 to M8 Hryan first named Senator John W to Judge “Senator Kern declined WEDNESDAY. ntion marked time till even ‘ credentials committee lutions committee struggled mmtests from elght states platform respectively the cony decided unit rule by a vote of being a Wi vie i committees voted Wt platform ominees were * Judge United Kern of oppose Parker, ention on oecommend 1} after the 1 THURSDAY, nanent nator ne effected, James of non Da to organization Elect Olle chairman wi eating South ote of 630% Hem ran punt n early Wilson I} y aldwin and nating BO and balloting on | ght beg ning lark orw FRIDAY MONDAY, TUESDAY. ated or Any it conform merc al be is defeat too often of broken ently Arrange Exigenc Ne and necessities er platforms and produce great. han does the exercises of pro- pristors A disregard of this first pre- ise = pring our dreams crashing in rele dit November The Ideal Candidate, wtives and on CA uNes Neco). ne anities n altke The same pes wi } raw FOR VICE PRESIDENT, THOMAS R. MARSHALL Thomas R Marshall of Indiana was born in Manchester Ind, In 184 He was a lawyer at Columbia City, trustee Wabash college and governor of Indiana since 1908 PRINCIPAL PLATFORM POINTS. Tariff for revenue only is the chief plank of the Democratic plat. Real downward revision is demanded and Republicans scored form. for tariff tinkering. Republicans blamed for high cost of living, Rights of states reaffirmed. Presidential primaries favored, Party pledged to enactment of law prohibiting corporations from contributing to campaign funds, Single presidential term favored Supervision and rate regulation of railroads, express companies, telephone and telegraph lines engaged in interstate commerce is advo- cated. Aldrich central bank bill Favors parcels post or postal express. opposed. al New nan are Lives nin larity ent of ps the tives Argues andl wrathe rity of 100.00 : of We are not 1? A generat al s given u n Woodrow Wil al and ral equipment to i this reincarnation of Demoo= THE PLATFORM. Principal Democratic Plank Tarfi—~Generally Progressive, Balt re, July 3 —~ The platform the Democratic national was as follows are It to be a fundamental prin. he Democratic party that the under ti nstitu- no right or px to impose or ariff duties, ex for the pur- and we demand that the hee mited oeatly Is the by vernment we wer ept revenue n of such taxes shall ecoarition of govern: nically administer gh Republican tariff ¢ of the unequal distrit ia a system of ¢ rich richer and the poor poorer; perations the American farmer £ men are the chief sufferers; st of the necessaries of | fe is the prin ition of sation which t does not protect their prod wages rmer sells largely in free markets * almost entirely In the proted ted In the most highly protected in. such as cotton and wool, steel wages of the laborers are the lowe paid In any of our Industries We de nee the Republican pretense on that subject and assert that American WAEON Are established by competitive con ditions and not by the tariff Demand Revision of Tariff. We favor the immediate downward re Jin n of the existing high and In many ses prohibitive tariff duties, insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon the necessaries of life. Articles en- tering into competition with trust con trolled products and articles of American manufacture which are sold abroad more cheaply than at home should be put upon the free ligt We recognize that our system of tariff taxation is intimately connected with the business of the country, and we favor the ultimate attainment of the principles we advocate by legislation that will not ine jure or destroy legitimate Industry We denounce the action of President Tafl In vetoing the bills to reduce the tariff In the cotton, woolen, metals and themical schedules and the farmers’ free Hat BIL all of which were designed to give Immediate relief to the masses from the exactions of the trusts The high cost of living Is a serlous | problem in every American home The Republican party In its platform attempts to eRCADE from responsibility for present ronditions by denying that they are due to A protective tariff We take issue with ‘hem on this subject and charge (hat ex- | The and b markets Aurtries and Ir the Anti the ‘ we AVI | na wh tres such Interpre of tive keeping within encroaching We maintenance Integrity of the three ¢ wer r { re gt tation nent of trust Law, tian hy as to make nditions fherman anti-trust 3d al construction efficacy, and legislation statute the Wf Its to the f it has been deprived by Rights of the States. believe Ir in the federa Re its upon either of the others under our = be attained by states of thelr reser we our opponents to « of the large and mag: ery of the federal gover: Presidential Primaries. toward m Belleving that The movement government leginintion Ir mit the stem the denounce an us a rights resers should each the expreasior the their own the en be pr preservation and full strength and ordinate branches nment-—the execy- the legislative and the judicial—each bounds and not just powers of most efficient results of government are to f exer by the od sovereign powers AR rpation the efforts of the states of any od to them and to en fy by ndirection the pow- ment re mote) which the will per BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. Alabama. ... Alaska, Arizona. Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut D. of Columbia Delaware, Florida... Georgia. .covvves Hawall.cooivennes 1AAN0. oevenvvinn MnO, coves A. Kentucky... ... Loulslana. ..... Maine. ...oonennns Maryland. ...... Massachusetts. Michigan. ....... Minnesota. ..... ERERED. TERRES Missouri. coo MONntAn®., cosvvies $ Nebraska 16 N in 6 Hampshire § Jeraey > New Mexico * New York w North Carolina. M North Dakota... 10 Ohio Oklahoma ... Oregon Pennsylvania ... Philippines Porto Rico Rhode Island... ¥ South Carolina... 18 South Dakota... 10 Tennesse ....... MN Texas vii. 8 Utah . ETI Vermont ...eees Virginia ...coooee M Washington ..... M West Virginia... 18 Wisconsin ....... ¥ Wyoming «vc... 8 i 2 » New New Total i sopulats through | preference of | dates at tte mie at all tial loo. ade by ale where nN pro- v , ate a/v ' tteemen mem- al come prov ded h state the service weaver upon the ectively arty to the Any COrpo= who & . to constitute the bers v N Det ¢ tior mittee and + for by at = and eo} aw sha h prim be sen in ea ary selections, and of committecmen. » nediate begir r credentials res; he Democratic pe a law prohibitiag nirfbuting to a campaign any individual from contribute y amoL we a reasonable maxi Ing ar ab mur “tt Term of President. We favor a single presidential term and to that end urge of aa amendment to the cor 1» making the president of the ates Ineligible to and we pledge the candle date of this convention to this principle We favor the efficient supervision and rte regulation of rallroads express com- panies, telegraph and telephone lines en- gaged In Interstate commerce We favor such legislation as will effect. unily prohibit the raliroads express, tele graph and telephone companies from ens gaging In which brings them into competition thelr shippers. also legislation preventing the overissue of stocks and bonds by Interstate raliroads express companies, telegraph and tele phone lines We oppose the so called Aldrich bill of the establishment of a central bank, and we belleve our country will be largely freed from panics and consequent uneme ployment and business depression by such a systematic revision of our banking laws as will render temporary relief In locall- ties In which such relief is neaded, with protection from control or domination by what Is known as the money trust We condemn the present methods of de positing government funds in a few fa vored banks Rural importance the adoption United B re-election with - Credits. with the auestion reform In estion of or agricultural finance. Therefore we ommend that an Investi- gation of agricultural credit societies In foreign countries be made, so that it may be ascertained whether a system of ruml oredits may be devised suitable to condi tions In the United States We renew the declaration In our last platform reating to the conservation of Of equal of currency rural credits the ai req | our natural resources and the develop ment of our waterways Law Reform, We recognize the urgent need of re form In the administration of oivil and eriminal law in the United States, and we recommend the enactment of such lege lation and the promotion »f such meas ures as will rid the present legal system of the delays, expense and uncertainties ineident to the system as now adminis tered We favor the establishment of the par cols post or postin! express, and also the extension of the rural delivery system as rapidly as practicable
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